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Pronunciation / Transliteration: nokchoro mandeulda
"끝없는 야근이 결국 그를 녹초로 만들었다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To exhaust someone completely, leaving them utterly drained of energy or worn out to a pulp.
"그 가혹한 업무는 모든 직원들을 녹초로 만들었다." - 2
To beat or defeat someone so thoroughly that they are physically incapacitated or rendered completely powerless.
"마라톤 풀코스는 첫 주자들을 녹초로 만들기에 충분했다."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Sino-Korean noun '녹초' (orignally meaning 'greasy and scorched grass' or metaphorically 'burnt to a crisp' from Chinese 綠草/僂草, later shifting in meaning to extreme exhaustion) combined with the verb '만들다' (to make). Historically evolved in Korean idiom usage to describe the state of completely draining someone's physical or mental energy.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "녹초로만들다" is said worldwide
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épuiser
Transliteration: /e.pɥi.ze/
"Cette longue randonnée nous a épuisés."
erschöpfen
Transliteration: /ɛɐ̯ˈʃœpfn̩/
"Die harte Arbeit hat ihn völlig erschöpft."
stancare morto
Transliteration: /stanˈkaːre ˈmɔr.to/
"Quella partita di calcio ci ha stancati morti."
agotar
Transliteration: /a.ɣoˈtaɾ/
"El entrenamiento intenso logró agotar a los atletas."
esgotar
Transliteration: /is.ɡoˈtaɾ/
"O dia longo de trabalho conseguiu nos esgotar."
थका देना
Transliteration: thaka dena
"इस कठिन काम ने सबको थका दिया।"
使精疲力竭
Transliteration: shǐ jīng pí lì jié
"繁重的工作把大家都使精疲力竭了。"
녹초로 만들다
Transliteration: nokchoro mandeulda
"끝없는 야근이 결국 그를 녹초로 만들었다."
へとへとにする
Transliteration: hetoheto ni suru
"その厳しい練習が選手たちをへとへとにした。"
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